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Parenting Adopted Children With Challenging Behavior

For adoptive parents of children with challenging behavior.

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Fighting therapy

Our teen adopted boy has been in CBT for 2 years. He states that he no longer wants to go to therapy and becomes a different person on therapy days.…
- Posted by Secret94 to Parenting Adopted Children With Challenging Behavior on Mar 03, 2017 at 4:09pm | 6 Comments | Post a reply
How do you live with the constant stress??

Here’s the scenario: 8 year old boy, adopted from foster care at 15 months along with 3 year old full sister. He was removed from BP at 8 days old…
- Posted by housefrau to Parenting Adopted Children With Challenging Behavior on Jan 04, 2017 at 6:32am | 9 Comments | Post a reply
Any suggestions?

There is never a dull moment in our home but when things begin to run smoothly, I always look for the shoe to drop, and it did. We only allow…
- Posted by shininglight71 to Parenting Adopted Children With Challenging Behavior on Aug 16, 2016 at 7:29pm | 5 Comments | Post a reply
teen brings bb gun into our house without permission

Hello, I’m hoping some of you might have some experience with this. Our adopted teen (adopted at 13) daughter has been very challenging from the start. Despite a lot of…
- Posted by western mom to Parenting Adopted Children With Challenging Behavior on Aug 09, 2016 at 6:25pm | 6 Comments | Post a reply
Anyone else hate Mother's Day?

I haven’t been active on here for quite a while, but today I find myself needing to know I’m not alone in this. I don’t feel like rehashing all the…
- Posted by housefrau to Parenting Adopted Children With Challenging Behavior on May 08, 2016 at 5:03pm | 4 Comments | Post a reply
Worn out Momma of 4

I just sent this email to our pediatrician. I thought I would post it here, too (with personal info edited out), since there are so many amazing and supportive people…
- Posted by AngelinaMaryanna to Parenting Adopted Children With Challenging Behavior on May 06, 2016 at 5:03am | 18 Comments | Post a reply
Child goes into a bad place at times

Hello everyone I haven’t posted in this group yet but think this may be the best place for this. A little background on us. Family is myself, hubby, BD 16,…
- Posted by C3 to Parenting Adopted Children With Challenging Behavior on Apr 13, 2016 at 9:07pm | 14 Comments | Post a reply
Sending adopted child 2 PRTF (residential psych/behavior)

Have any of you taken this route? Any advice? She’s been adopted 3 years, lived with us for 4. The facility we’ve chose in a 90 min drive from home.…
- Posted by 2Mommas to Parenting Adopted Children With Challenging Behavior on Mar 04, 2016 at 4:23pm | 11 Comments | Post a reply